{"product_id":"the-steep-approach-to-garbadale","title":"The Steep Approach to Garbadale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Wopuld family built its fortune on a board game called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmpire!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - now a hugely successful computer game. So successful, the American Spraint Corp wants to buy the firm out. Young renegade Alban, who has been living wild and evading the family tentacles for years, is run to ground and persuaded to attend the forthcoming gathering - part birthday celebration, part Extraordinary General Meeting - convened by Win, the Wopuld matriarch and most powerful member of the board.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeing drawn back into the bosom of the clan brings an inevitable and disconcerting confrontation with Alban's past. What drove his mother to take her own life? And is he yet over Sophie, his beautiful, enchanting cousin and teenage love? Grandmother Win's revelations will radically alter Alban's perspective for ever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFull of his trademark warmth, humanity and inventiveness, this wonderfully vivid story of family turmoil, compromised loyalties and hidden origins is Iain Banks's most compelling novel since \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Crow Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note this copy has some creases on the spine and light creases on the cover. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780316731065\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: Trade Paperback, 390 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan\u003eLittle, Brown and Company\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: 2007\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B - Good Condition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038344331420,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/1597\/0972\/files\/thesteepapproach_2.jpg?v=1780989071","url":"https:\/\/booksforless.co.nz\/products\/the-steep-approach-to-garbadale","provider":"Books For Less","version":"1.0","type":"link"}